Michael Pettis on inequality and trade inbalances

https://jacobin.com/2025/12/globalization-free-trade-tariffs-debt-keynes

Coverage of Putin’s visit to India from Karl Sanchez

https://karlof1.substack.com/p/fyi-putins-state-visit-to-india

Mark Sleboda on the current state in Ukraine and Venezuela

seems more realistic than many others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdeHNJSfI0

calumny by Scott Ritter

https://scottritter.substack.com/p/calumny Yves Smith comments "Calumny Scott Ritter. Micael T: “A funny retort from Scott to Doctorow.” Moi: Even though Ritter can be hot-headed and hyperbolic, he regularly provides useful detail not presented elsewhere. By contrast, I found Doctorow useful only when providing recaps of discussions on the big name Russian political TV shows on his website, and never a single thing he said on YouTube."

Alastair Crooke in China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_HAHITxdrI

John Helmer on Putin’s coming visit to India

from 45 minutes onwards. Not a great interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIi2saIwftU

Incoherent,incompetent and dangerous Trump says Mark Sloboda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHpW4rA5Ft8

Alastair Crooke on the current situation in Israel

youtube titles are usually misleading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkae4E-dNwM

Workings of the US state: The Duran with Robert Barnes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4syPQB4Bc